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Caroline Flint
Labour MP for Don Valley
- Entered Parliament on 1 May 1997 — General election
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- Voting record
- Topics of interest
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- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Caroline Flint voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted moderately for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted moderately for university tuition fees. votes
- Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted very strongly for the hunting ban. votes
- Voted very strongly for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted very strongly for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted moderately for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted strongly against a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted moderately for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted moderately for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted moderately against a transparent Parliament. votes
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More on well-known issues (from the Guardian) & their full record
- Never rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Energy and Climate Change, Communities and Local Government, Treasury, Home Department, Work and Pensions
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Energy, Warm Front Scheme, Renewable Energy: Feed-in Tariffs, Solar Power, Green Deal Scheme
(based on written questions asked by Caroline Flint and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Children, Schools and Families Bill Committee (12 out of 12)
- Planning and Energy Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Health Bill Committee (11 out of 12)
- Serious Organised Crime and Police Bill Committee (9 out of 9)
- Drugs Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
- Anti-social Behaviour Bill Committee (8 out of 12)
- Crime (International Co-operation) Bill Committee (4 out of 8)
- Education Bill Committee (14 out of 20)
- High Hedges Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Renewable Energy (21 May 2013)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what assessment he has made of the remit of the local energy assessment fund; and if he will make a statement.”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 17 debates in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 290 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a medium number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 69.95% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 33 annotations on this MP’s speeches — well above average amongst MPs.
- This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 17–18 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
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- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 715 times in debates — well above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
Payment of £75 for completing January-February 2012 survey. Hours: 1 hr. Payment made directly to Don Valley Labour Party, received April 2012. (Registered 14 June 2012)
Payment of £75 for completing February-March 2012 survey. Hours: 1 hr. Payment received 22 May 2012. (Registered 14 June 2012)
Payment of £75 for May-June survey. Hours: 1 hr. Payment received 4 July 2012. (Registered 18 July 2012)
Payment of £75 for July survey. Hours: 1 hr. Payment received 23 August 2012. (Registered 12 September 2012)
Payment of £75 for November-December 2012 survey. Hours: 1 hr. Payment made directly to Don Valley Labour Party, received 14 January 2013. (Registered 22 January 2013)
Payment of £150 from BSkyB for appearance on Murnaghan show, December 2011. Hours: 3 hrs. Payment received 16 May 2012. (Registered 14 June 2012)
4. Sponsorships
(b) Support in the capacity as an MP:
(b) Name of donor: Ove Arup & Partners International Ltd
(b) Address of donor: 13 Fitzroy Street London W1T 4BQ United Kingdom
(b) Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Policy analysis provided to me as Shadow Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, 1 day per week for a period of 6 months, commencing 4 February 2013. Value £7,942.
(b) Date of receipt: 4 February 2013
(b) Date of acceptance:4 February 2013
(b) Donor status: company, registration no 952468
(b) (Registered 30 January 2013; corrected 25 February 2013)
6. Overseas visits
Name of donor: Norwegian Government
Address of donor: Norwegian Embassy, 25 Belgrave Square, London SW1X 8QD
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): costs of visit; £2,000
Destination of visit: Norway
Date of visit: 20-24 May 2012
Purpose of visit: as part of a delegation to study issues of climate change and defence.
(Registered 19 June 2012)
Register last updated: 7 May 2013. More about the Register
View the history of this MP's entries in the Register
Expenses
Figures in brackets are ranks.Data from parliament.uk (source). Read 2004/05 – 2008/09 and 1st quarter 2009/10 receipts.
| Type | 2008/09 (ranking out of 647) | 2007/08 (ranking out of 645) | 2006/07 (ranking out of 645) | 2005/06 | 2004/05 (ranking out of 659) | 2003/04 (ranking out of 658) | 2002/03 (ranking out of 657) | 2001/02 (ranking out of 657) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staying away from main home | £19,383 (314th) | £20,861 (352nd) | £22,108 (joint 188th with 3 others) | £21,634 | £20,902 (joint 1st with 187 others) | £20,317 (joint 189th with 1 other) | £19,718 (joint 250th with 2 others) | £14,580 (399th) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £1,618 (joint 1st with 118 others) | £1,255 (joint 107th with 10 others) | £0 | £0 |
| Office running costs | £18,263 (297th) | £19,114 (288th) | £12,920 (584th) | £16,502 | £16,131 (441st) | £16,693 (539th) | £18,230 (joint 203rd with 4 others) | £13,487 (397th) |
| Staffing costs | £79,827 (571st) | £89,319 (260th) | £86,147 (251st) | £67,703 | £59,313 (616th) | £68,023 (joint 228th with 71 others) | £60,614 (512th) | £46,225 (309th) |
| Communications Allowance | £7,137 (398th) | £9,580 (224th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £9,088 (242nd)1 | £8,918 (258th)2 | £8,560 (284th)3 | £7,165 | £9,727 (343rd) | £10,391 (314th) | £11,073 (283rd) | £7,610 (339th) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £60 (joint 363rd with 1 other) | £0 | £407 (250th) | £803 | £1,041 (179th) | £987 (165th) | £1,517 (joint 94th with 1 other) | £94 (joint 406th with 1 other) |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £1,457 (80th) | £2,391 (45th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Family Travel | £0 | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £6,979 (joint 30th with 1 other) | £1,269 (135th) | £1,316 (193rd) | £786 | £3,074 (50th) | £1,546 (121st) | £1,303 (joint 214th with 2 others) | £897 (375th) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £5,730 (11th) | £3,217 (joint 263rd with 1 other) | £1,358 | £10,245 (42nd) | £5,934 (82nd) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,591 (10th) | £1,330 (35th) | £137 | £2,021 (joint 38th with 8 others) | £2,021 (joint 34th with 8 others) | £2,021 (joint 34th with 8 others) | £2,021 (joint 33rd with 8 others) | |
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £142,194 (424th) | £158,773 (114th) | £136,005 (361st) | £116,088 | £124,072 (306th) | £127,167 (168th) | £114,476 (291st) | £84,914 (408th) |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Rail £9,088 (56th).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,548 (456th). Rail £7,370 (98th).